Using Linux really ISN'T hard.

45 thoughts on “Using Linux really ISN'T hard.”

• Please keep the GPU vendor discussions civil. There's points to be made, and this isn't the place for it. No need to scare off people that do/don't have one or the other, kthx <3

  Also don't look at the Linux numbers. They're fake news, Mason.

• archinstall btw
  srsly, after watching your installer rant I notice my recent rebuilds had me select one menu option to get this done. OFC it was in the terminal..

• Basic things are not hard, if they work. However slightly more complicated things are hard. For example if I want to capture performance counters of specific application (things like CPU usage, memory usage,number of threads, etc.) it is extremally easy in Windows but in Linux – good luck.

• Yeah but I know people who hadn’t ever even heard of cmd, let alone a boot usb, bios, iso, or even limux

• Unfortunately videos like this mostly preach to the choir. Honestly, the most significant "skill" I needed to start using Linux consistently was to just set up my system and be happy with it rather than screwing around with new stuff forever. I spent way too long distro and DE hopping.

• I have no idea why am I watching this video, I've been on Linux for years. I guess it's fun to see our community grow and people like you trying to make it even more accesible to those who might want to switch. I run both pop and Endeavour on my machines. I also have a proxmox server and a TrueNAS system so I have a basic homelab at this point. It's really fun. Personally I love to use the terminal, but it is true that the last few years there's been A LOT of work done to make Linux based operating systems run without the need to do anything in there. I've personally convinced some family members to run Linux systems like Mint, Zorin OS and Pop_os, some close to 3 years now, and none of them felt the need to switch back to Windows. I am proud of that achievement, because just 5-7 years ago there were still many features that didn't match the convinience of Windows. Now it's a rare thing to find something that's not just as good on Linux. Even gaming, literally the only thing that's still annoying is how most anti cheat software work, because it's not compatible with Linux. But purely technically basically all games can run on Linux with the use of Proton these days.

• As a seasoned Linux user, holder of a bachelors degree in computer sciences, and your average open source enjoyer, I approve this video so much. Not only the cadence of both jokes and info that makes the video easy to follow, unlike many Linux content creators that I know that unless you are into the topic are really boring and monotone.You gained a new sub, mate.

• it's not hard. it also isn't worth it. cheers.

• The only big annoyances I've had with linux so far are related to controllers. My 8bitdo controller constantly rumbles unless it is actively used by a program, forcing me to keep Steam open at all times, and it happens on every distro. On top of that, my PS4 controller automatically disconnects every single time Steam or any game is launched, so I had to write a script to repeatedly search for it and remount it. Will any of these things ever be fixed? I wouldn't count on it.

• "At least it's not the old-looking menu that Windows has" is not the best argument, IMO, since it's still far more user-friendly. Also, the hardest thing about Linux for me was the fact f.lux doesn't work on the recent linux vesrsions – I had to research a lot to find how to make a good alternative(redlight mod some nice dude made) work on my system(by lurking forums).

• Been daily driving Fedora for over a year, loving it.

• When I install a distro I let it use the whole disc. Easiest way to install, at least for me. Works fine. Left Windows in 2017 and have never used it since.

• tbh ive tried using linux and it just doesn't work for desktop use, everything is arm twistingly difficult and nothing works as expected
  the only thing linux is good for is for servers

• Great job! Thanks for the video!

• Linux is not that hard to use unless you are wedded to either Windows or Mac software like the Adobe suite (most likely for work reasons) or games that use anti-cheat software which just will not work on Linux. Also there are some games that just refuse to work correctly on Linux despite all the advances made so far with Proton. I am using openSUSE Tumbleweed (on the grounds that the openSUSE installer let me configure all my hard drives rather than just one and gives me more visual configuration tools with the YaST suite) having made the switch a bit under 6 months ago so I still have a lot to learn about Linux.

• do you have your hardware listed. Just wondering what mic you use?

• banger video!

• linux is the sum of wobbly windows and quality-of-life feature personalization that will make it unusable for anyone who isn't me touching my computer.

• I have spent forty years in front of a computer. When I started I knew what Microsoft was, but Windows did not exist. I was happy plugging away at DOS not thinking twice about how hard or easy computing was. Word processing, database, spreadsheets, games, utilities, as well as other programs designed to fill a function or niche was the life. Then Windows 3.1 came along with the addition of "multimedia" was an eye opener. Awesome, except for those pesky blue screens of death that kill switched the entire fun. But it was still configurable, how it looks, how it sounds, how it feels it was all configurable. Themes!!! Themes galore, screen savers, pointers, background screens they all contributed to a customizable experience that screamed "This is me, this is what I like!!!!" Then thirty years ago (give or take) I downloaded Slackware (forgot what version) from a BBS. I spent a nearly a year of Sundays to get it up and running. Searching BBS's and trying to find whatever I could to get it going. Then once I finally got it going, the elation of just seeing something prodded me on. Then I got lost. Very little I knew from DOS carried over, nothing much more than the cool sequence of starting up… And then??? And then what??? IDK, time to move on. Then Redhat 5 came and claimed to be the new defacto standard in computing. Had to pay for it, but hey, just because Linux was free doesn't mean the efforts shouldn't be considered. It installed excellent, except it crashed at the desktop. I was impressed it had a desktop, but it failed. Apparently my video card was not compatible and I could not get an answer from customer support as to what video card I needed to get it going. It was okay though because I still had windows 95 pimped out to the golden teeth. Then the turn of the century, win xp a big fat upgrade with big fat specs . I still tried Linux, but nothing worked, well, nothing seemed to work until Hannah Montana Linux came out. I was impressed and it worked. Then I found out that the efforts to customize Linux is so great that it stands out as a separate Linux. Wow, and the proof it was hard as hell to make it happen was the fact than fan made Linux's would have flooded the internet. Then after a while, the buzz of Linux mint promised to sway Windows users. But how? It was sudo this and sudo that, heavy need to use the command line, which was a bait point from Microsoft to get people to switch was the promise to eliminate the need for a command line. Typing in a password every change of mind, like someone was standing over my shoulder with a knife to my throat. The file system sucked, and made me realize the easiest way to accept it was not to look at it as my computer. And theming, well, it seems as non existent as it is with Windows 8 and above, although it does exist in Win 8 and above it's so far under the hood it's a pain to maneuver, No clue with linux, but I could not find anything in theming other than a few tweaks of controls which were not that easy to get to. Now, I have spent over a year looking at a computer that I bought, and have yet to boot up, just looking at it with a desire to install Batocera, but haven't gotten the intestinal fortitude to just plow through with it. Sure, other people make it look easy on Youtube, but my experience is screaming against experiencing yet another disappointment. I could go on but the bottom line is that it will be hard to win Windows users to Linux by imitating what MS does or doesn't do even if Linux doesn't practice a lot of what MS does.

• i love your way to edit the videos, your way to be and your explanations, subscribed and alerts activated! 😀 ♥

• whats the game on-screen at 4:00? It's trying to unlock memories I think but can't put my finger on it

• Nothing about loonix is hard. It's just a waste of time trying to find why some random component you have doesn't work because of a lack of drivers.
  Or having to find some weird git project go play a game, then come out having to learn and do more that realistically you shouldn't have to.
  And of course, x and wayland both being complete buggy messes that will require manual intervention no matter what (sometimes unfixable bugs).
  Finally, and honestly needless to say, lack of software support.

  Linux for servers is good but for desktop? Yeah, just a waste of time for most people.

• wtf did i just watch

• 14:08 slight blunder. up until 2005, it was mandrake. 😉

• the whole DONT USE NVIDIA things can jsut be summed up as if you have a 2xxx or newer card youll be fine…. thinkgs like old 700 800 900 1000 series cards…. gonna be issues for noobs and then they come to forums with issues hence the hostility.

• Was good until the anime thing

• noabra mentioned RAHHH

• My favorite intaller partitioner is openSUSE's as it comes with a reasonable set of partitions, and it has the professional mode with "With current partitions" and "With current suggestion" (don't remember the exact words but that's the idea) so you can set it as you like.

• I think linux is confusing to some because of the weird command names. (ls, chmod, etc). At least on PC/MS-DOS/NT you had ‘dir’ instead of ‘ls’ and would give useful info on what you’re seeing. because that sure makes sense. My experience ‘ls’ ls just pukes out names. Can you make it tel you info like ‘dir’?. Idk, just not a fan of Unix commands, but linux can be good despite it lol

• After a test run on win11 … im switching to Steam0S if my next rig dont support win10 which is subpar to the de facto golden standard : Win7.
  MS forced my hand, screw u microsoft.

  PS. Which linux distro runs like win7?

• XFCE Gang! I think mint (debian edition) is a pretty good choice for a begginer.

• I agree that many of the Linux negative experiences are out of date and have been addressed but at the same time a good number of things you trash about Windows are also out of date, out of ignorance or are opinions

• This is such an underrated channel even for a mostly Linux focused one I hope the algorithm will start showing your videos to more people

• Without having watched the video yet, I'll say this:
  Using Linux is just as hard or easy as you want it to be. No more, no less. Unless you get the occasional bug, or hardware incompatibility. But generally, you can get a basic, easy to use distro without messing with anything, or start messing around until it becomes unrecognisable, or dive head-first into hardcore stuff like Arch or Gentoo. It's all up to you.

• Laughs in FreeBSD

• Sorry but I find it funny that you're like what I think about Linux users.

• really well made and cool video

• My PC support Windows 11 perfectly fine, but there's a smalllll problem

  I hate Windows 11.
  So I go linux and use windows 10 as secondary

• its been like 2 years using linux for me and its pretty easy to use and you will alwase be switching to other os until you settle on arch 😆

• As someone who recently started dabbling with live streaming, there aren't any real guides on how to do that on Linux. Oh sure, the easy part is using OBS, the hard part is managing your sound mixing. The lack of voice meter or easier to use tools like SteelSeries sonar means that it's hard enough, but there's literally no video tutorials on Linux streaming.

• Well… Thinking the whole story, your sentence on 1:15 might be wrong, since you also need to check if you hardware was designed with Linux only. If your current/power is delivered by devices that us Linux only. If all devices that are connected between your PC and YouTube are running on Linux, …
  Probably a lot of Linux devices. The opposite thinking is also funny. Is it possible to have Windows only? I bet it is impossible also.
  Of course I understand what you want to say at 1:15. Just want to overplay a bit.

• Someone told me not to use the Terminal. I had to explain that GE WANTS the user of NobaraOS to use an updater which uses a terminal for package installations.

• You should have a counter showing how many times you say Linux. Some of the hardware and software I use don't work on Linux.
  And I don't mean the Adobe suite. And no, they don't work well with Wine either.
  In Europe we will be able to remove things like Cortana and Edge pretty soon. I think we can already.

• My only question after deep diving into linux videos/forums is simple and probably very common – is it even worth it? Whats the point of changing an evil proprietary system to the FOSS system if only one single proprietary app, lets say some random chinese game from steam, can compromise my whole system? They still can steal all the data unless i go full paranoid mode and install ONLY FOSS apps while using something like parabola/hyperbola/whatever. And i didnt even start talking about stuff like IMB's best friend system32 which is forced into most of linux distributives. Or that the best linux distros often are for profit and sooner or later become as evil as windows, you know like ubuntu-amazon scandal or redhat etc. Can anyone change my mind pls? Coz this is very sad and dystopian

• I use Gentoo btw

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